Trump stands firm with the Capitol rioters, says they're being 'tormented' trends now
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Former President Donald Trump said in a video message Thursday that those imprisoned for January 6 crimes were being 'tormented' and treated 'very, very unfairly,' and he would 'get to the bottom of it' during his 2024 White House run.
A staffer for Trump's Save America PAC announced the ex-president had filmed a special message for the Patriot Freedom Project's open house, a holiday-themed gathering for one of the most prominent groups providing legal defense for January 6 defendants.
'Patriot freedom is what it's about and that's not happening in our country. What they've done to torment people and go after people, like never before, I don't think anything like this has ever happened in our country before, certainly not to this extent,' Trump said in a video filmed from Mar-a-Lago.
'And you look at other groups which have done terrible things and virtually nothing happened to them,' the ex-president added.
Former President Donald Trump said in a video message Thursday that those imprisoned for January 6 crimes were being 'tormented' and treated 'very, very unfairly'
He commended the group's leader, Cynthia Hughes, who
